A Medford man is charged with three counts of animal cruelty after he is caught on video kicking and throwing a pit bull.

A Medford man is charged with three counts of animal cruelty after he is caught on video kicking and throwing a pit bull.

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Updated: 6:39 PM EDT Mar 17, 2015

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WEBVTT BROTHERS CARJACKED AT GUNPOINT. ON TOP OF THE DEBIT CARD, SMASHED IPHONES, ONE WHITE, ONE BLACK. THE PROSECUTOR IS NOT REVEALED TO THEY BELONGED TO. HEATHER: CAUGHT ON CAMERA, A MAN HURLING A DOG OVER A FENCE. THE ABUSE DID NOT STOP THERE. THIS IS DISTURBING VIDEO AND YOU WILL SEE IT ONLY ON 5. REPORTER: THE VIDEO IS DISTURBING. WE WANT TO REASSURE OUR VIEWERS THAT BULLET THE PITBULL IS ALIVE AND SAFE TONIGHT. IT IS HARD TO WATCH, AND MAN DRAGGING A YOUNG PITBULL BY HIS LEASH KICKING THE DOG. NEIGHBORS SAY THIS WAS NOT AN ISOLATED INCIDENT. LOOK AT THE TOP OF YOUR SCREEN. IN THIS VIDEO, HE GRABS THE DOCK AND HURLS IT UP INTO THE SNOW. TONIGHT, RYAN BAKER OF MEDFORD IS CHARGED WITH THREE COUNTS OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS. BUT THE NEIGHBOR WHO DID THIS CELL PHONE VIDEO SAYS THIS IS JUST A SMALL SIMPLE OF WHAT HAS BEEN GOING ON. AT -- I HAVE WITNESSED THE ABUSE OF THIS DOG DOZENS AND DOZENS OF TIMES. IT SHOWS A PERSON PUNCHING AND KICKING THE DOG, AGGRESSIVELY PULLING THEM ALONG. THE DOCK AS SOON AS HE SEES THEM COWHER'S BACK. MARY: THE ONE-YEAR-OLD PITBULL BELONGS TO BAKER'S GIRLFRIEND. SHE IS COOPERATING, BUT THEY ARE INVESTIGATING WHETHER SHE TURNED A BLIND EYE TO THE ABUSE. JUST BUT YOU COULD HEAR THE SCREAMING, CRYING, UNCONTROLLABLY HEARTBREAKING FROM 100 YARDS AWAY, BUT SHE IS IN THE HOUSE 10 YARDS AWAY. MARY: HE DID NOT APPEAR IN COURT TODAY. HIS FATHER POSTED $1000 BAIL TODAY. THE FACT THAT ANYONE WOULD TAKE ON A DOG OR A PERSON FOR NO REASON -- IT IS JUST APPALLING. MARY: POLICE TELL US THAT BULLET THE PITBULL WILL BE THOROUGHLY EXAMINED TO MAKE SURE HE

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A Medford man is charged with three counts of animal cruelty after he is caught on video kicking and throwing a pit bull.